September 27th, 2015 by Mike

The frequency of trips on several popular Maple Leaf commuter and weekend bus routes changes in the morning.

The biggest change here will be to Route 77, which will no longer go through the downtown transit tunnel.

Other changes affect the 73, 41, 66E, 67 and 68 routes.

For Route 77:

Southbound service to downtown Seattle will operate via Convention Place, Union St, 2nd Ave and 2nd Ave Ext S. These routes will serve the bus stops on Convention Place at Union St, on Union St at 6th and 4th avenues, on 2nd Ave at Marion and James streets, and on 2nd Ave Ext S at S Jackson St.

Northbound the bus stops on 4th Ave S at S Jackson (next to Union Station), on 4th Ave at James, Madison and University streets, and on Pike St at 6th Ave.

July 6th, 2013 by Mike

Expect more discussion in coming weeks about cutbacks in Metro service here.

The state Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding package, and also passed on giving voters the ability to raise taxes locally.

When we wrote about this in April, the elimination of the 77EX route to downtown was a possibility, as were reductions in at least six seven other routes – the 41, 67, 66EX, 68, 73 and 373EX. (Thanks, John, for pointing out that the 373, running down 15th Avenue Northeast to the U District, also faced “reduction or revision.”)

The cuts would take effect in 2014. There is some possibility the Legislature might act on transportation early in the year.